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Mary Evans Picture Library, the UK’s leading source for historical images, will be taking part in London’s Open House event on Saturday 17 September 2016, opening the doors of its Arts and Crafts-style building in Blackheath to visitors.

Now in its 25th year, the Open House London event is the capital’s largest architectural showcase, opening up unusual, remarkable or historic buildings for one weekend only and allowing members of the public a chance to explore and learn more about the city’s rich heritage. Read the entire article here.

Mary Evans Picture Library, the UK’s leading source for historical images, will be taking part in London’s Open House event on Saturday 17 September 2016, opening the doors of its Arts and Crafts-style building in Blackheath to visitors.

Now in its 25th year, the Open House London event is the capital’s largest architectural showcase, opening up unusual, remarkable or historic buildings for one weekend only and allowing members of the public a chance to explore and learn more about the city’s rich heritage. The event’s aim is to promote public awareness and appreciation of London’s building design and architecture, helping the wider community to become more knowledgeable, engage in dialogue and make informed judgements on architecture.

Mary Evans Picture Library is located in the former parish hall of All Saints’ Church, which was built in 1928 after houses and shops on the site were destroyed by a First World War Zeppelin raid. Designed by architect Charles Canning Winmill, who met and was heavily influenced by Philip Webb, the architect of William Morris’ Red House in Bexleyheath, the building bears many hallmarks of the Arts and Crafts movement from its round windows to its decorative facade. It has been the home of the library since 1989.

Mary Evans caption writer, Gill Stoker, has been researching the building’s past in preparation for Open House and discovered it was opened by Princess Marie Louise, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, in November 1928. Over the years it has had many uses ranging from child welfare clinics and dance classes to fetes and youth clubs. During the Second World War, it was requisitioned as a British Restaurant, one of a network of canteens set up by the Ministry of Food, intended to provide nutritious, non-profit meals to bomb victims and war workers.

Jessica Talmage, Deputy Picture Research Manager, who has organized the library’s participation in the event, said: “The style of the building and our sign above the door are intriguing to passers-by and each week people ring the doorbell of the library, asking if they can look around. As a working business, we are unfortunately not in a position to regularly give tours but Open House will provide us with the ideal excuse to show off the hall as well as its unique contents. The building is very much part of the Mary Evans identity, and the ideal setting for our historical archive. Not only do we get to work with a fantastic collection, but it’s a privilege to spend every day in such a characterful building. We are looking forward to sharing it with others.”

Mary Evans Picture Library will be participating in Open House London on Saturday 17 September 2016 from 10am to 5pm. Guided tours will take place every half hour. Last tour at 4:30pm. No need to book, just turn up!

Mary Evans Picture Library is delighted that an image of the Thiepval Memorial in the Somme area of France by their photographer Mike St. Maur Sheil has been chosen by the Royal Mail to be included in the latest of their commemorative series of stamps entitled “The Great War 1916”. Mike’s image of the Memorial was taken from the site of Brock’s Benefit Trench east of Mesnil . The Memorial to the Missing was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) and is the largest war memorial to the British who died in the Great War, standing almost 50m high.

This is very timely as Mike St. Maur Sheil’s exhibition “Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace – Somme 100” is currently on display outside the Guildhall in London and he has just released a stunning new book of the same title, showcasing the images from the exhibition and many more, and which is available here.

Top robertharding wildlife photographer David Gibbon has won an award at the second CEPIC Stock Photography Competition with his incredible image “Puffin in the Farne Islands”.

David was recently signed to the agency as part of a new initiative to recruit high-end contemporary travel and nature creators.

The second CEPIC Stock Photography competition attracted over 226 amazing photographers from 16 countries, all of whom are working with stock photo agencies. The photos were featured in an audio-visual exhibit at the CEPIC Congress in Zagreb, Croatia between the 24th and 26th of May 2016.

Robert Harding says: “We are thrilled to see David receiving recognition in this great competition. David is part of an enormously talented new generation of robertharding photographers that continue to produce outstanding work and we’re sure we’ll be seeing many other competition wins in the future.”

robertharding is an independent media licensing platform specialising in innovative travel and nature photography and video, used by the world’s largest publishers and marketeers to bring their projects to life.

We are constantly looking for contributors of high-quality travel photography and video. You can find full details HERE.

Trevillion Images is thrilled to announce that for the second year running they (http://www.trevillion.com/) have won the CEPIC Stock Photography Awards!

This year two Trevillion photographers stole the show, with Daniil Kontorovich taking first prize, and Oleg Oprisco taking second.

Daniil captivated the audience with his haunting portrait of a red-haired model gazing intently at the camera. Whilst Oleg turned heads with his surreal and playful image of a woman sewing fabric in a field.

It is a great honor to be associated with CEPIC (http://cepic.org/), which aims to support traditional stock photography and defend the rights of photographers throughout Europe.

On Wednesday 20 April, 100 image agencies gather in the UK at the 6th fotofringe London, held at the award-winning Kings Place.

This year’s fotofringe is the first international networking opportunity since the striking news of Corbis/VCG/Getty. For DMLA members who order a non-exhibiting agency day pass before Tuesday 15 March, the cost of entry will be £65 per person. After then, day passes cost £75, and from 1 April, £175. The fee includes a complimentary welcome breakfast, free lunch bag and a complimentary drink at the end of the show with the exhibitors.

To take advantage of this offer reserve your entry ticket by emailing direct to fotofringe@topfoto.co.uk– please include your name, your company name, and details for the invoice: and the number of tickets you require. This offer is only available to DMLA members.

The 2015 Conference (our 20th Annual) by all accounts was an overwhelming success! We’d like to thank all the participants for their contribution to the event and for helping to make it so relevant. It is the presence and enthusiasm of such a variety of attendees from all over the world that make these meetings so worthwhile.

While moving to New Jersey was a bit controversial to some, the amazing views and the accommodations more that made up for a little inconvenience. Most people found the 5-minute trip on the PATH train to Manhattan to be very easy!

The conference was jammed packed with people, quality sessions and every one of our speakers and panelists were prepared to give enormous amounts of information to our audience. We will be posting a series of reviews of all the sessions in upcoming blogs.

Events like this don’t happen without a lot of hard work from a lot of people. A special thank you to Ellen Boughn and her Program Committee for a flawless conference from start to finish: Doug Dawirs, Lynn Eskenazi, Ellen Herbert (Novel Expressions), Paul Melcher, Nuno Silva (500px) and Sonia Wasco (Grant Heilman Photography).

To Ophelia Chong (Stock Pot Images), a new DMLA Member, who jumped in and volunteered to run the front desk at her first conference, a huge thank you… and to the Agency Access crew who assisted her: Amanda Cronin, Katie Knepple, Matthew Spindler and Michele Mattera.

Congratulations to our 2015 DMLA Award winners, a new tradition that was started this year: Volunteer of the Year, Karen D’Silva; Corporate Sponsor of the Year, Agency Access and to our Lifetime Achievement Award winner: Sonia Wasco, Grant Heilman Photography. A Well deserved honor by all of the recipients!

A big shout out to all our speakers, moderators and panelists whose contributions were above expectations and who made our sessions so very interesting and informative. A huge thank you to Doug Dawirs for making the AV work so seamlessly.

We are thankful to our photographer, Joe Santa, who donated his incredible talents to capture the great moments of the event. Look for his photos with our session reviews.

Thanks to all our conference sponsors: 500px, British Pathé, CDAS, Condé Nast, Corbis, Gaopin Images, ImageProtect, Visual Connections and especially Agency Access who did all the design work for the event (Alison Abate and Katie Jackson most of all). Please plan ahead to take advantage of one of 2016’s sponsorship opportunities.

These Conferences keep getting better and better! Make your plans now to attend next year’s event. We’ll have information soon on dates and location. All you need is a quest for knowledge and lots of business cards!

Today’s blog post from Google is, unfortunately, simply another attempt to divert attention away from the devastating impact their self-preferencing has had on the online market, making many of the same old arguments we have seen before.

Commissioner Vestager has been clear that in her view Google’s systematic self preferencing of its own comparison shopping service, along with its demotion of rivals, is in breach of European antitrust rules. But, in spite of the detailed work and analysis of the Commission and others over many years, Google still refuses to acknowledge the impact of its anti-competitive conduct.

If Google truly believes “in the interest of promoting user choice and open competition”, and in the strengths of its arguments, we would urge them to make their case in front of the Commission and complainants at an oral hearing.

The decision is in Google’s hands, but holding a hearing could provide a unique opportunity for Google to present its full defence and for complainants and other interested third parties to offer their perspectives. We have long believed that transparency and a meaningful debate is in everyone’s best interest, and an oral hearing is an important step in ensuring that such a debate takes place.

We look forward to supporting the Commission in taking the case forward and helping to find robust and workable long-term solutions to remedy the harms caused by Google’s anti-competitive practices. ICOMP’s members, who represent a wide range of interests in the digital sphere, will be keen to ensure that effective remedies are speedily reached.

Trevillion is celebrated for having some of the best creative images out there. And this week we are celebrating!

We are thrilled to announce that Trevillion has just won first prize in CEPIC’s first ever international ‘Stock Photography Awards’ competition.

The striking and dynamic image ‘Letting Go’ captivated the judges imagination with its conceptual visual appeal and dramatic sense of energy.

The purpose of the CEPIC awards is to show how photography can generate visual concepts and ideas and to bring to light those photographers who produce them, by opening a collaborative relationship between photo libraries and photographers.

Kennebunk, . seasons.agency, a new boutique photo agency, has just opened its doors to the professional stock photography market. The collection introduces an exclusive portfolio of European beauty photography which is set to make a difference.

Emerging from assigned productions of a variety of premium European publishers, the collection presents distinctive images with a focus on professional beauty photography. At the start seasons.agency includes around 100,000 Rights-managed images. In addition to lifestyle productions by leading magazines, the collection also showcases the work of selected individual high-end photographers. Invitations to further independent beauty photographers have already been extended.

Martin Skultety, Managing Director of seasons, emphasizes the difference with other lifestyle portfolios: “There are millions of lifestyle images already available on the global picture market. However, most models are made to look interchangeable and the images are often digitally enhanced. In the case of seasons.agency, all our models are distinctive professionals with a strong character and an authentic, recognizable personality.” Other subjects in the collection include cover shots, food, home and travel.

seasons.agency is another boutique collection created by the team of StockFood, a renowned photo agency based in Munich, Germany. Besides StockFood, the world’s leading food media agency, the company is successfully operating living4media, a premium supplier of images and features depicting interiors and decoration.

“We love professional photography and see room for plenty of growth in the high-end peak of the market. With seasons.agency we are aiming at becoming a leading destination for producers and professional users of high-end beauty photography” said Martin Skultety.

seasons.agency is available in English and German, visitors will automatically be directed to the language and content available in their home country. Further languages will follow soon.